Vehicle-heater.



PATENTBD JULY 10, 1906.

0. A. SfiOWBEN. VEHICLE HEATER.

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2 I V i lj g V Witnesses czw lnventor.

- I I Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

-acenteu July 10, i906.

Application filed March 16,1905. Serial No. 250365 To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. Snowman, acilizen of the United States, residin at Beaver Dam, in the county of Dodge an State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Heater, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lam heaters, and

is primarily designed to provi e certain new and useful improvements in such class of devices to particularly adaptthe same for use as a vehicle-heater.

Other objects of the invention are to embody the device in such form as to enable the convenient handlin thereof, to insure an effective burning of t is lamp, to ive convenient access to the burner for lighting and cleaning the burner and for filling the oiltank, and to permit of the heater being covered by the usual lap-robe without danger of burning the latter.

he invention consists in the novel combi nation and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claim without depart- 11:? from thee irit or sacrificing any of the a vantages of t e invention.

In the accompanying drawin there has been shown a vertical sections view of a lamp-heater embodying the features of the present invention.

As embodied in the accompan drawthe v present heater includes a ody 1, b fiich is in the nature of a cylindrical metallic receptacle havin a flat bottom 2, upon which the device is designed to rest, and provided with an open top which is normally closed by a truncated cover or top 3 hinged to the to of the body, as indicated at 4, and

rovide with 3. depending rim 5, designed to t snugly within the open top of the body and he an external annular flange 6 to rest upon t e u per ed e of the body, and thereby form a tig t joint between the body and the cover or to Opposite the hinge 4 there is a spring-catc 7, carried by the free edge of the cover and designed to snap into engagement with a suitable keeper 8, carried externally by the body, thereby to hold the cover snugly upon the body and at the same time to per mit opening of the cover to give access to the interior of the body. This cover is provided with a number of lar e perforations 9 to secure the proper draft or the lamp, and its flat top 10 is protected against the eflects of the heat from the lamp by means of a protect0rplate 11, centrally hung from the top by means of a suitable stem or fastening i2 and having a heat-non-conducting filling l3,such as asbestos or mineral wool, interposed between the plate and the top, with a piece of Wire fabric 14 placed upon the top of the filling 13. A semicylindrical or suitablysha ed grating or open-work hood 15, prefera ly in the nature of a Wire basket, embraces the cover 3, with its lower peripheral edge resting upon the external annular flange 5 of the cover and spaced at a suitable CllS- tancc from the latter, so as to hold a lap-robe or the like away from the heated cover to prevent scorching and burning of the lap-robe. A suitable bail-handle 16 straddles the top of thebody and the hood 1.5 with each end formed into a ring 17, which is loosely engaged with a cli l8, fixed upon the exterior of the body, W ereby the handlemay be swung downwardly into the position indicated by dotted lines when not required for transporting the heater. 7 The heating apparatus of the resent inven tion is in the nature of an oilurning lamp, includin an oil font or reservoir 19, which 1s desigizlecl to be removably seated upon the base or bottom of the body 1 and held thereon by suitable s rin catches 20, carried by the inner Walls 0 the ody 1 and detachably engag' the top of the reservoir, so as to prevent 'fiie latter from being jolted about Within the bod by the movements of the vehicle. Any suite is form of burner 21 is carried by the top of the reservoir 19, the wick thereof being controlled b the usual rotatable shaft or stem 22, wide is projected outwardly through an o ening 23 in one side of the body 1 and rovi ed 11 on its projected extremity with t e usual dis or finger-piece 24 for convanishes in rotating the shaft. A metallic chimney 25 is removably carried by the burner in the manner of the ordinary lass chimneys to insure the pro er burning o the lamp and also to become hly heated and operate as a radiating element to give off heat through the openm s 9 in the cover 3.

From the foregoin d escription it will be understood that the amp ma: be conveniently fitted into and removed flora the body 1 when the cover 3 is open, which materially facilitates the refilling and cleaning of the ICC) lamp without requiring any extensive setting 1 up and dismantling of the device. Moreover, when the lam is lighted and the cover 3 and the open-won hood 15 are closed down over the top of the body the heater may be conveniently carried about by means of the ban die 16 without subjecting the hands to any danger of bein r burned by the heater. In practice it is esigned to place the heater upon a buggy-body or other vehicle-lmdy at or between the feet of the occupant in order that the heater may be entirely covered by the lap-robe, whereby the heat is confined by the lap-robe about the lower limbs of the occupant of the vehicle, which maintains the latter in a comfortably-heatcd condition. When is preferably kerosene-oil but other oils can of course be employed. In addition to having the perforations in the cover there are also perforations in the side of the body above the oiltank and below the burner. In some instances it may be desirable to have the stem 22 terminate short of the outer side of the body and provide the latter with an opening su'lliciently large to enable access to the shaft for controlling the wick.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A vehicle-heater comprising a body which is open at its top, a burner therein, an upwardly-tapered perforate cover having a dethe occupant leaves the vehicle for a short time only, instead of putting out the lamp the lap-robe is drawnclose around the heater, thereby to maintain the lap-robe in a heated condition without danger of burning or singeing the latter, and the lap-robe is maintained in a heated condition for the comfort of the occupant of the vehicle when he returns thereto.

\Vhile the present device has been described as a vehicle-heater, it is also capable of being used in various capacities as, for instance, to heat water by removing the Wire cage and placin the receptacle containing the water upon t 1e top of the cover-and the device may also be used for heating a room. The fuel used pending flange fitting in the top of the body and provided with an external annular rim resting upon the top edge of the body, a hinge connecting the cover to the body, a springcatch to hold the cover closed, an open-work hood spaced from and arching over the top of the cover and resting upon the rim thereof, and a bail loosely connected to the body and arching over the hood.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I. have hereto afl'ixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. SNOW DEN. itnesses:

J. A. hIARKHAM, W. R. FENZ. 

